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How to Backup Outlook Express email messages

March 23, 2008

If your email messages stored in Outlook Express are important to you, you should know how to back them up in case of a computer hard drive crash. Just like your documents and pictures and other precious files on your computer, your e-mail should be backed up regularly. (Note: everytime one of my clients loses something…..I make sure I do my backups!)

How to backup email messages in Outlook Express :

1. Open Outlook Express

2. Click on Tools menu at the top

3. Click to select options from the tools drop down menu.

4. The Options window will open – Click on the maintenance tab

5. Just to the right of “click store Folder to Change the Location of Your message Store“, click on the Store Folder button

6. The Store Folder window will open. Press the Tab key on your keyboard a few times until the entire line of text just under “Your Personal Message Store Is Located in the Following Folder” are selected (highlighted). Note: This is the location of where your email messages are stored.

7. Press and hold down the ctrl (control) key on the keyboard, then while still holding down the ctrl key, press on the C key, then let up off the keys (this will copy the selected text)

8. Click on the start button on the far lower left side of the screen

9. Click on Run

10. The run window will open on the bottom left side of the screen

11. Press and hold down the ctrl (control) key on the keyboard, then while still holding down the ctrl key, press on the v key, then let up off the keys (this will paste the text you copied from the store folder window)

12. Press the enter key on your keyboard once (or you can use your mouse and left-click once on the OK button.)

13. The folder that opens is where your email messages are stored. You will not be able to open and read your messages from this window. They are special files with .dbx file extension.

14. Check the size of your outlook express messages. Press and hold down the ctrl (control) key on the keyboard, then while still holding down the ctrl key, press on the a key, then let up off the keys (this will select (highlight) all the files in this Outlook Express Store Folder. Click on the file menu in the far upper left corner of the screen, then click on properties. If the file size is under 680mb. Then it will easily fit on a CD-R. If you have an external USB flash drive, check how many MB or GBs your USB flash drive will hold, back your email messages to an external USB flash Drive.

Copy these files to an External Hard Drive, CD or DVD and store in a safe place. It is recommended to backup to two other places and keep a copy at someone elses home or your bank safety deposit box.

For more information on backing up, See: Backing up Files To CD using Windows XP CD writing wizard, or Backing up Files to External Hard Drives or Flash Drives.

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Forwarding messages to more than one person using Hotmail BCC:

March 19, 2008

(Now known as Windows LIVE mail) – Classic Mode Instructions

1. Login to LIVE (hotmail)
2. Open the message you wish to forward at the top
3. Click on the Bcc: button (under the To: and CC: button)
4. If you don’t see the Bcc: button under the To: and CC:
5. Click on “show CC & Bcc” (upper right) – Click on Bcc: button just under the To: and Bcc: fields
6. Checkmark everyone you wish to forward the email message to
7. After everyone is checked
8. Click on “add contacts to message” at the top
9. After you have clicked to select all the recipients you wish to send to, remove any unwanted text or email headers with email addresses or other junk you don’t wish to pass on to other recipients by placing the cursor at the end of the last word or sentence you wish to remove and click and hold and drag the mouse over to the left and up while still holding down the left mouse button to select (highlight) the text you don’t want in this message. Then let up off the left mouse button. Click on the scissors icon button in the toolbar (which means cut) or you can Press backspace or delete key on the keyboard to remove the selected text.
10. Click on send

What is the Bcc?

BCC: means Blind Carbon Copy. (This came from back in the day when we used to use carbon paper on our typewriters to make a “secret” copy that the recipient didn’t know about.) For email messages this means that every recipient you send to in the Bcc: field will NOT see the other recipients you sent your messages to at the same time.

Let’s say someone sends you something ‘cute’ in your email…you think, I’ll pass this on to a dozen or so of my friends in the To: or CC: field…They’ll think it’s ‘cute’ too! Then that dozen of friends will each send it off to another dozen of their friends without removing the previous email addresses you used. Before you know it hundreds if not thousands of people now have your friends’ email addresses. I’ve received forwards of ‘cute’ emails that had nearly 350 email addresses in it. Ever wonder how spammers got a hold of your email address? This is one way. Now, that email is NOT so ‘cute’ ANYMORE is it!

Be considerate and use the Bcc: column when sending to multiple recipients…just think what it would be like if your phone number went out along with your email address and was forwarded over and over all over the world.

What is CC?

CC: Means Carbon Copy. This will show the person or other people that you also sent a copy to. (This came from back in the day when we used to use carbon paper to make a copy to send to others. CC: was typed in the letter and told where the carbon copy went to.) For email messages this means that every recipient you send to in the CC: field will see the other recipients you sent your message to at the same time.

The above forwarding email instructions were written for Windows LIVE hotmail – Classic Mode.
If you wish to try the new features Windows LIVE mail hotmail offers and you have high speed internet look for:
a. “Try the full version of Windows Live Hotmail.” near the bottom of the email page and click on it
b. Select No message preview. (This is what I recommend, so that you can delete messages that look suspicious without ever opening or viewing them.)
c. Click on yes, I want the free upgrade and I have a fast internet connection.
d. (you can always switch back to the classic version if you don’t like it)

Forwarding messages to more than one person using Hotmail (now known as LIVE mail) – Full Version Mode Instructions

1. Login to LIVE (hotmail)
2. Open the message you wish to forward at the top
3. Click on the Bcc: button (under the To: and CC: button)
4. If you don’t see the Bcc: button under the To: and CC:
5. Click on “show CC & Bcc” (upper right) – Click on Bcc: button just under the To: and Bcc: fields
6. Click once on any recipient you wish to forward the message to from the drop down list
7. After you have clicked to select all the recipients you wish to send to, remove any unwanted text or email headers with email addresses or other junk you don’t wish to pass on to other recipients by placing the cursor at the end of the last word or sentence you wish to remove and click and hold and drag the mouse over to the left and up while still holding down the left mouse button to select (highlight) the text you don’t want in this message. Then let up off the left mouse button. Click on the scissors icon button in the toolbar (which means cut) or you can Press backspace or delete key on the keyboard to remove the selected text.
8. Click on send

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Opening & Saving picture or other attachments in Windows LIVE (hotmail)

March 19, 2008

1. Open the message containing the picture attachments
2. If you get a yellow bar at top that says, “attachments, pictures, and links in this message have been blocked for your safety, click on “Show Content” if you know the recipient and click on “mark as safe”
3. Double-click on the attachment usually called (for example: img1002_345.jpg or if a movie file video5_movie.wmv) a file download window will popup
4. Click on open if you just want to view it – if you get an internet security popup about website wants to open web content using this program on your computer, checkmark, “do now show me the warning for this program again” – click on “allow”

How to Save a Picture or Movie attachment from your LIVE (hotmail)

1) Open the message containing the movie attachment you wish to save
2) Click on the name of the attachment you wish to save in the header of the email message (for example:img1002_345.jpg or if a movie file video5_movie.wmv)
3) Click on the save button
4) This will go into the downloads folder by default using windows Vista, but you will want to save it in your pictures or video files, if it is a picture file, if you don’t see the pictures folder, click on browse folders button
5) Click on pictures folder on the left Or if you don’t see pictures folder and are using windows xp, click on my documents, then double-left-click on my pictures folder. (if movie file, you may want to place it in the videos or my videos folder)
6) Type a new name for the file (optional) Click on save (on the lower right of the save as window)
7) On the download complete window click on close

Where did your attachment save to?

To find the attachments you saved from Windows Live hotmail

1) Windows Vista Users: Click on the start logo button (located on the lower left side of the screen) – click on pictures
     a) If you don’t see pictures in your start menu then you could be in windows classic view, click on the username file folder on your desktop, then double-click on the pictures folder, double-click on the picture file to view
2) Windows XP Users: click on the start button (located on the lower left side of the screen) Click on my pictures.
     a) If you don’t see the My Pictures folder in your start menu then you could be in windows classic view, click on my documents folder on your desktop, then double-click on my pictures folder, double-click on the picture file to view.
3) Windows Vista Users: Click on the start logo button (located on the lower left side of the screen) – click on your user name in the start menu
     a) If you don’t your username in your start menu then you could be in windows classic view, click on the username file folder on your desktop, then double-click on the Videos folder, double-click on the video file to watch the video.
4) Windows XP Users: click on the start button (located on the lower left side of the screen) Click on my documents
     a) If you don’t see the My documents folder in your start menu then you could be in windows classic view, click on my documents folder on your desktop, then double-click on my videos folder, double-click on the movie file to view.
5) Close the windows to get back where you started

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Save Outlook Express Email settings

March 12, 2008

How to export your outlook express email settings
Import to Windows Mail Vista or another PC

1. Open outlook express
2. Click on tools
3. Then click on accounts
4. Then click on the mail tab
5. click once on the email account you wish to export to select; (save as a backup or to import into another computer)
6. Click on export button on the right
7. Browse folders and click on my computer and then the drive letter you wish to export the email account settings to
8. You can type in a new file name, for example: you@domain.com or leave the file name as is like mail.gmail.com (Doesn’t make a difference what you call this, just name it so that you know which account it is)
9. Then click on the save button
10. It will be called whatever you named your account with a .iaf file extension at the end of your email file account name

To import your outlook express email settings onto another computer

1. Open either outlook express or Windows Mail on Windows Vista
2. Click on tools
3. Then click on accounts
4. Then click on the mail tab
5. Delete any old email accounts that you know are incorrect settings or that you no longer have first [left-click once on the email account to select; click on remove button on the right; click OK to remove the account]
6. Click on import button on the right
7. Click on my computer and browse to the removable disk drive letter you saved your email account settings file to
8. Click once on it to select the email account name you@domain.com or mail.domain.com
9. Then click on open button
10. Click close
11. Click send and receive to be sure the new account is working correctly. (maybe send a test message to a friend or your self. If is sends without errors and either you or your friend receives it back…Then you imported your email account successfully.)
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Happy Emailing

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Outlook Express Email – Lost Your Buttons?

March 11, 2008

Outlook Express or Windows Mail Email
Lost your create mail, reply, forward, print
and delete buttons in the top toolbar?

Try changing the layout in outlook Express or Windows Mail Email
1.outlook express
2.In the first window that comes up; Click on view (menu at the top)
3.Then click on layout from the view drop down list
4.Checkmark “toolbar”
5.Be sure to click OK

What to do if you lost the buttons on the top of the
new message window (like send, cut, copy, paste, etc…)

1.Start a new email message (create mail button)
2.Click on view
3.Then click on toolbars
4.Standard buttons

Lost the formatting bar ( no font size, color, or font style)?

1.Start a new email message (create mail button)
2.Click on view
3.Then click on toolbars
4.Formatting Bar

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Yahoo Email-Save Picture Attachments

March 4, 2008

1. Login to Yahoo email and Open the email message containing the photo(s) you wish to save
2. Scroll down to the bottom of the page where the picture attachments are
3. Click on “scan and save to my computer”
4. Click on the “download attachment button”
5. Click on the “save” button
6. Double-click on “my pictures or pictures folder”
(Note: If you cannot find my pictures or pictures folder, or don’t think you are in the pictures folder, click on my documents or documents on the left side of this window, for Windows Vista users you may have to click on browse folders button on the lower left to see all the folders, click once on documents to open the documents folder, then double-left-click on pictures or my pictures folder)
7. Click on “save” button
8. Click on “open folder” if you wish to view the picture – double-click on the photo to view it in full.
9. Close the window and go back to your inbox

How to save pictures from a Yahoo email message When they are not attachments (inserted images)
(Note: This also will work with most email clients that contain messagages with embedded photos or images.)
1. Login to Yahoo email and Open the email message containing the photo(s) you wish to save
2. When you see a photo you wish to save
3. Right-mouse-click once on the middle of the photo
4. Left-Mouse-Click once on “save picture as”
5. Type a name for the photo in the file name field; just backspace out whatever they called it and type in your own name
6. Click on the “save” button
7. Double-left-click on my “pictures folder” or “pictures” folder
(Note: If you cannot find my pictures or pictures folder, or don’t think you are in the pictures folder, click on my documents or documents on the left side of this window, for Windows Vista users you may have to click on browse folders on the lower left to see all the folders, click once on “documents” or “my documents” to open the documents or my documents folder, then double-left-click on “pictures folder” or “pictures” folder.)
8. Click on “save” button

To find the previously saved pictures later
1. Click on the “start” button (If using windows vista the start button will be the windows log circle buttton on the far lower left side of the screen)
2. Click on “my pictures” or “pictures”
3. Scroll down if needed to find your saved photo
4. Double-left-Click on the photo to view
(Note:If you can’t find my pictures or pictures folder you may have your windows xp set to classic settings….if so, Click on my documents folder on the desktop, then double-click on my pictures folder, double-click on the picture to view. In Windows Vista, if you cannot find the pictures folder by clicking on start logo button on the lower left, and then click on pictures, click on your username folder on the desktop, then click on picutres folder, scroll if needed to locate your saved picture and then double-left-click on it to view.)

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How to Backup Outlook Express email messages

Forwarding messages to more than one person using Hotmail BCC:

(Now known as Windows LIVE mail) – Classic Mode Instructions

What is the Bcc?

What is CC?

Forwarding messages to more than one person using Hotmail (now known as LIVE mail) – Full Version Mode Instructions

Opening & Saving picture or other attachments in Windows LIVE (hotmail)

How to Save a Picture or Movie attachment from your LIVE (hotmail)

Where did your attachment save to?

To find the attachments you saved from Windows Live hotmail

Save Outlook Express Email settings

Yahoo Email-Save Picture Attachments

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How to Backup Outlook Express email messages

Forwarding messages to more than one person using Hotmail BCC:

(Now known as Windows LIVE mail) – Classic Mode Instructions

What is the Bcc?

What is CC?

Forwarding messages to more than one person using Hotmail (now known as LIVE mail) – Full Version Mode Instructions

Opening & Saving picture or other attachments in Windows LIVE (hotmail)

How to Save a Picture or Movie attachment from your LIVE (hotmail)

Where did your attachment save to?

To find the attachments you saved from Windows Live hotmail

Save Outlook Express Email settings

Outlook Express Email – Lost Your Buttons?

Outlook Express or Windows Mail Email Lost your create mail, reply, forward, print and delete buttons in the top toolbar?

Yahoo Email-Save Picture Attachments

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Outlook Express or Windows Mail Email
Lost your create mail, reply, forward, print
and delete buttons in the top toolbar?